Climate change or sustainable development goals are other topics that will be on the table. UN Secretary General António Guterres has called for “unity” between countries.
Leaders of the Group of Twenty, who arrived in New Delhi this Friday to attend this weekend’s summit, have said his strong support for Ukraine and intention to discuss the conflictdespite the fact that India is trying to manage the issues that are fragmenting the consensus.
The President of the European Council, Charles MichelThis morning, at a press conference upon his arrival in the Indian capital, stressed his strong condemnation of the conflict in Ukraine, which he has supported since the beginning of the conflict to stop Russian attacks.
“The EU’s position is very clear and we condemn this Russian aggression, we support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We only support the peace formula proposed by President Zelensky and we will always be ready to defend those values,” including in the G20, Michel said.
The President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyenand the President of the United States, Joe Bidenhave already arrived in New Delhi this Friday to participate in the summit tomorrow.
Von der Leyen has highlighted the event as one vital space between global tensions. Biden, for his part, arrives with the ambitious goal of demonstrating to the “global south” that Washington and its allies best economic partners then China.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunakhas also focused its concerns on Ukraine, an issue he hopes will be addressed during the Group’s talks despite the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishidawhich is headed to New Delhi, also has condemnation of Russia for its invasion of Ukraine among its priorities.
The US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Jellenreached out upon his arrival in India to draft the final communiqué of the summit, an issue complicated by the use of language for certain terms, such as war, one of the issues that draws attention to the West’s leading voice wants to address the G20.
Stop climate change and promote sustainable development
For his part, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterreshas warned leaders who will take part in this weekend’s G20 summit that the world “cannot continue this way” and that countries’ lack of unity in the face of global problems could lead “to a catastrophe”.
That is why he has called on the leaders of the G20 to show their leadership in two specific aspects: the fight for this stop climate change and save the 17 sustainable development goals highlighted by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda.
Source: EITB
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